Starkey v. Harvey

Mar 3, 1953
4167
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Per Curiam
Per curiam.

This case is governed by Dame v. Company, 95 N. H. 125, and Vidal v. Errol, 86 N. H. 585. ‍​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‍The right to take depositions is a right granted by statute. R. L., c. 393. Where this statute is silent on questions of procedure and precedences in ‍​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‍the taking of depositions, it has long been recognized that the Trial Court has authority, in relation to cases pending before it, to make such orders ‍​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‍as justice may require. LaCoss v. Lebanon, 78 N. H. 413, 417, and cases cited. Neither the fact that the plaintiff was the first party to give notice of ‍​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‍the taking of depositions nor the pendency of the defendant’s petition to enjoin the taking of his own deposition indicate any abuse of discretion in ‍​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‍the Trial Court’s denial of the plaintiff’s petition and the order is

Exception overruled.